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Sam Raper performs a scene as Brooke Wyeth in “Other Desert Cities,” which will have an encore performance tonight at 7:30 p.m. at Cookeville Performing Arts Center. The crew will be heading out to compete in the Association of Community Theatres Competition at the Southeastern Theatre Conference. Tickets for tonight’s show are $10. For more infromation, call 931-528-1313. George Furman

The recipe was simple for the Tennessee Tech softball team Sunday afternoon. With the help of stellar hitting and lights-out pitching, the Golden Eagles took care of business with a doubleheader sweep over Northern Kentucky, run-ruling The Norse 9-0 in the five-inning opener and 10-3 in the second game.

Tech (8-9) flexed its offensive muscles to the tune of eight extra-base hits, while the pitching held up its end of the bargain as the combination of sophomore Danielle Liberatore and junior Hannah Weaver teamed up to strike out 20, allowing just five hits.

After pulling to within a point at 3-2, the Tennessee Tech tennis team wasn’t able to add any more wins and dropped a 5-2 non-conference match to Kennesaw State on Sunday afternoon at Kennworth Park.

The doubles point went to Kennesaw, as Manuel Castellanos and Alejandro Valencia defeated Eduardo Mena and Alvaro Cintas by an 8-4 at No. 2, and Jorge Wilton and Simon Pritchard topped Artem Tarasov and Jorge Alfonzo by an 8-0 count in the No. 3 spot.

COOKEVILLE — Funeral services for Mr. Ethry Dariel Dunn, 82 of Baxter, will be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, from the chapel of Dyer Funeral Home in Cookeville. Burial will follow in Pleasant View Cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 11 a.m. until time of services on Tuesday at the funeral home.

He was born Nov. 23, 1932, in Cookeville to the late George Dunn and Mary Ledbetter Dunn.

Mr. Dunn was a caring, compassionate man who loved playing his guitar, listening to old country music, fishing and camping with family and friends. He spent many years employed with the Chrysler Corporation in Michigan and was also a veteran of the Air Force.

LIVINGSTON — Funeral services for Mrs. Edith Reece Spencer, 75, of Livingston, were held at 11 a.m. today, Monday, March 2, from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home in Livingston. Burial was in Holly Springs Cemetery.

SPRINGFIELD — Funeral services for Carrie Stewart, 87, of Springfield, were held at 10 a.m. today, Monday, March 2, in the Oakhurst chapel of Robertson County Funeral Home. Interment was held at 3 p.m. today, Monday, in Stewart’s Cemetery in Putnam County.

Mrs. Stewart died on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at Morningside in Springfield.

Mrs. Stewart was born Oct. 2, 1927, in Van Buren County to the late Charles Estes and Claudia Lee Shelton Miller.

Mrs. Stewart was a retired bookkeeper and was a partner of Miller Wholesale in Michigan. She attended Adairville Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughters, Paulette West and husband, Harold, of Springfield and Terry Barrett and husband, Jim, of Cincinnati, Ohio; her grandchildren, Brian West and wife, Libby, Renee Beaty and husband, Mike, Alexandra Barrett, and Lauren Barrett; and great-grandson, Jacob Beaty.

The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or the American Cancer Society. All donations can be sent c/o Robertson County Funeral Home.

LIVINGSTON — Funeral services for Ralph Leonard Bilbrey, 73, of the Windle community in Rickman, will be held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March 3, from the chapel of Speck Funeral Home in Livingston. Burial will be in Overton County Memorial Gardens, with military honors at graveside.

The family will receive friends from 4-9 p.m. today, Monday, March 2, at the funeral home.